破竹建瓴

pò zhú jiàn líng

Dictionary entry

lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

What does 破竹建瓴 mean?

破竹建瓴 (pò zhú jiàn líng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (idiom); fig. irresistible force

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破pòbroken · damaged 竹zhú(bound form) bamboo · Kangxi radical 118 建jiànto establish · to found 瓴língconcave channels of tiling

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